Since I do travel to more foreign countries then I spend time in the USA I can help you understand what happens in other places. First, USA has the highest incident of law suits. We are a law suit happy country. In most countries, people work things out without taking it to court. That doesn't mean there is a Lawlessness about them. Even some of the newest countries (to nails) "Brazil" for one, are building an internal "distribution" network of standards even if the government isn't. My customers require training with their educators in order for a customer to purchase their products. In some cases, like Italy, just having a "tax id number (kinda but not the same" is what makes you "legal".
But what I find most of all, a HUGE willingness to learn. Attendance at my seminars is crazy. They want to learn and they follow what they learn. In countries where there is no licensing, they turn the certificates from seminars into a license of sort. Customers come to know that a Certificate from a "Star Nail" training means the tech got a quality training. There is always, still the low wage labor. The "unprofessionals" in Italy work out of their home to avoid paying the high taxes. They now become the unprofessional worker but with the same levels in sales that we have we have. Products only sold to pros (tax paying techs) while others go retail (non tax paying techs). It's not all chaos like you'd think. However, as bad as our system may seem, we are very lucky. Kind Regards, Elaine T. Watson Star Nail International Vice President of Marketing and Sales Global Education Director 800.782.7624 extension 321 fax 661.257.5856 ela...@starnail.com Blog: itsnotarealjob.blogspot.com On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Debbie Doerrlamm <sa...@beautytech.com>wrote: > Several things have come past my face recently that's got me thinking.. > and I thought since we are such a diverse group I would pass it in your face > and see what sticks to the wall.. > > As we are all well aware, all but 1 US state requires licensing for nail > techs.. almost every other country has zero requirements by law to hang out > a sign. Over the years one state or another has tried to kill our licensing > requirements - none successfully, while other state have INCREASED required > hours. I know many of us would love to see a federally sound program, but > that is never going to happen - our constitution is set up so that each > state MUST set its own laws. There also was a recent thread on the forums, a > tech was concerned about making a purchase in an online site that did not > ask for a license. > > I know also many of you have very strong feelings about this topic.. lets > try to not start ant flame wars here :) > > How would your job and or life be different if licensing was not required > or required if it is not now? > > Consumer's have the ability to file claims with the state because of > licensing, what would they do if there was no requirements for licensing? > Who would the consumer go to to complain? Who would over see sanitation, > health issues? > > How would you learn perform services properly if there was no accredited > schools though the state or government? > > Would you stay in the industry if there was no licensing? > > Would you pay more for your license if you thought your state was going to > cut licensing? > > Would you actively petition your state if they were considering dropping > licensing requirements? > > Do you think the industry can be self-regulated? > > > > > I guess > > Regards, > Debbie ^v^ ^o^ //\o/\\ ^o^ ^v^ Webmaster - System Admin - IDSR > > webmas...@beautytech.com > (AOL or AIM - NailGdsss) > WWWeb Services, Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA > 631-981-1273 fax 631-981-7557 > ONLINE STORE http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe > http://www.beautytech.com & http://www.beautytech.INFO > <http://www.beautytech.info/> for Professionals for > Consumers > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nailtech%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
